# GelSight funding: rounds and investors

> GelSight has raised $40K across 3 rounds since 2014. Investors include National Science Foundation, Scout Ventures and Omega Funds. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/gelsight (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *GelSight*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 5 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Aerospace & Space

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$40K** raised across 3 rounds since 2014, from 3 sources

- **Latest round:** Venture Aug 2022
- **Biggest round:** $40K Debt · Jul 2014
- **Investors:** 5

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2014 2016 2018 2020 2022

**$40K** Debt

**?** Series A

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Debt, $40K
- **Biggest round:** $40K
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 7.4 years

## The rounds

- **Aug 2022** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *4 new* [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Scout Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scout-ventures) [Omega Funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omega-funds) [Anzu Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anzu-partners) Source recorded
- **Mar 2015** Series A **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* Ping Fu From a historical funding record
- **Jul 2014** Debt **$40K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $40K sold, first sale Jun 2014

## Founders and team

From GelSight's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 2 founders, 5 on the team.

**János Rohaly** Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

**Kimo Johnson** Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer

- **Youssef Benmokhtar** Chief Executive Officer
- **Sridhar Sadasivan** Senior Vice President, Engineering
- **Dennis Lang** Chief Business Officer
- **Rob Kisiel** Chief Operating Officer
- **Micah K. Johnson** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Elliot K. Katzman* *John K. Ho* *Pierre K. Villeneuve* *Rony K. Abovitz*

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Debt** 2014 **Series A** 2015 **Venture** 2022 [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Scout Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scout-ventures) [Omega Funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omega-funds) [Anzu Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anzu-partners) Ping Fu

## Everyone who backed them

[National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Government **1** round

[Scout Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scout-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Omega Funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omega-funds) VC firm **1** round

[Anzu Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anzu-partners) Private equity **1** round

Ping Fu no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Quick answers about GelSight

### Who invested in GelSight?

GelSight's investors include National Science Foundation, Scout Ventures, Omega Funds, Anzu Partners and Ping Fu.

### How much has GelSight raised?

GelSight has raised $40K across 3 rounds since 2014. 2 rounds did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did GelSight last raise?

GelSight's most recent round was a Venture in Aug 2022.

### What was GelSight's biggest round?

GelSight's largest round on record is $40K (Debt), in Jul 2014.

### Who backed GelSight first?

GelSight's first round on record, in Mar 2015, was backed by Ping Fu.

### What stage is GelSight at?

GelSight's latest named round is a Venture, in Aug 2022.

### Where is GelSight based?

GelSight is based in the United States.

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